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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The government of the Argentinian state of Santa Fe is to issue a tender for the construction and operation of a new port for a period of 30 years by the end…

8th February 2012

New Santa Fe port mooted

8th February 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Antwerp has released its first sustainability report – part of its “Total Plan for a More Competitive Port”, first launched in 2010 in response to the global financial crisis.

7th February 2012

First sustainability report for Antwerp

7th February 2012

ASIA

ASIA

An announcement by China’s Ministry of Transport means that port operators will no longer be allowed to decide whether to allow VLOCs into their facility.

7th February 2012

Ore transhipment pushed by China

7th February 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealands port sector is expected to face significant increases in insurance costs and potential truncated coverage in light of the two Canterbury earthquakes, writes Iain MacIntyre.

7th February 2012

Shake up in post-quake port insurance

7th February 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores port subsidiary, SAAM, is eyeing an initial public offering during the first quarter of this year.

7th February 2012

SAAM in first quarter flotation

7th February 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Industrial action and congestion have both hindered Australian port growth.

6th February 2012

Stoppages and blockages

6th February 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

With just months remaining before operations at the Chilean port of Coquimbo are transferred to the Ultramar group, officials of the Public Companies Organisation (SEP) have had meetings with port workers in…

6th February 2012

Coquimbo looks to compensate workers

6th February 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The French ports of La Havre, Paris and Rouen are to develop a joint marketing approach to promote enhanced trade between China and France.

3rd February 2012

Grand Paris port project set up

3rd February 2012

ASIA

ASIA

The industrial shift to central China from Guangdong province and other coastal locations is impacting on Shenzhen’s status as a major international port and threatening throughput volumes.

3rd February 2012

Shenzhen dented by industry shift

3rd February 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A planned attack on the hotly disputed Mubarak Port in Kuwait is the latest incident in a long line of protests against the development, which, Baghdad claims, will strangle its shipping lanes.

3rd February 2012

Six accused over planned port attack

3rd February 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

In 2011, the port of Piraeus effectively doubled container throughput from 878,083 teu to 1,680,133 teu.

3rd February 2012

Piraeus doubles box traffic in 2011

3rd February 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The government of Saudi Arabia is making available its domestic ports so any shipping lines currently preferring not to enter the Strait of Hormuz can offload cargo there.

3rd February 2012

Saudi Arabia woos Hormuz-reluctant shipping lines

3rd February 2012

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Ports Authority has decided to waive fees at Mombasa for 100 days, effectively acknowledging that high port charges and delays in collecting cargo have effectively brought the port to crisis point.

3rd February 2012

Mombasa waives fees

3rd February 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Of 23 public-private partnership port projects scheduled by major Indian ports in the current fiscal year, only four or five are expected to be awarded.

3rd February 2012

Five new Indian port projects at best this fiscal

3rd February 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

An environmentally friendly ballast water treatment solution has been developed that actually uses a compound produced from seawater to help complete the process.

3rd February 2012

Ecofriendly ballast water treatment

3rd February 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Dryports can relieve congestion, but their success increasingly depends on administrative efficiency, and ‘added value’. Felicity Landon reports

2nd February 2012

The value-add inland option

2nd February 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A new, LNG powered ferry has started services in Western Norway – and the both the builders and designers believe that these ferries are “the future”.

2nd February 2012

Gas powered ferries look to the future

2nd February 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The worlds largest container carrier, Maersk Line, and Broström, part of Maersk Tankers, have joined the Port of Gothenburg campaign for cleaner shipping.

1st February 2012

Cleaner shipping for Maersk and Broström

1st February 2012

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The crisis in US port development is growing and the country is slipping further behind in modern facilities.

1st February 2012

The US becomes less pleasing

1st February 2012

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Never let it be said that economists are an optimistic bunch; we have a tendency to look for the downside in statistics, looking for reasons to scale things back to suggest that…

1st February 2012

A bad dose of post-holiday blues

1st February 2012

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

EXISTING AND UPCOMING stricter air quality standards and regulations together with the need to reduce energy consumption are raising ports and terminals awareness of their carbon footprint.

31st January 2012

Green and Effective Operations at Terminals and in Ports

31st January 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The port of Antwerp, along with others Belgian ports was yesterday paralysed by a strike that drew in dockers, pilots, tugboats and lock operators.

31st January 2012

One day strike paralyses Belgian ports

31st January 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The UK Chamber of Shipping has rebuffed the idea that the shipping industry is trying employ “delaying tactics” around the introduction of further emissions regulation.

31st January 2012

Shipping refutes “delaying tactics” allegation

31st January 2012